"Sound the Shofar in Zion and sound the alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the Land tremble: for the day of the Lord cometh, it is nigh at hand" (Joel 2:1)
LESSON OBJECTIVES
- Establish the validity of the 7,000 year plan of God
- Validate by going through Biblical genealogy and chronology that Yeshua/Jesus lived on the earth around 4,000 years from the creation of Adam
- Learn the Biblical themes, reasons, pattern/blueprint, and stages of God's people being exiled from and returning back to the land of Israel
- Learn that the Jewish people were taken captive to Babylon in three stages
- Learn that a remnant of the Jewish people returned to the land of Israel from Babylon in three stages
- Learn that the reason for the Jewish people's captivity to Babylon was due to not keeping the sabbatical year when they were in the land of Israel
- Learn that from the commandment to restore and rebuild Ezra's Temple to the death of the Messiah would be 69 weeks (483 years) of time
- Learn that another name for the seven year tribulation is the 70th week of Daniel
- Learn that in the history of Israel, Israel will go into major captivity three times and return from these captivities three times
GOD'S PROPHETIC TIMETABLE
("The 7,000 Year Plan of God")
("The 7,000 Year Plan of God")
===> From Adam to Yeshua/Jesus was a total of 4,000 years. Below is the Biblical chronology of this:
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* Adam to Seth ............. 130 yrs (Genesis 5:3) *
* Seth to Enos ............. 105 yrs (Genesis 5:6) *
* Enos to Cainan ............ 90 yrs (Genesis 5:9) *
* Cainan to Mahalaleel ...... 70 yrs (Genesis 5:12) *
* Mahalaleel to Jared ....... 65 yrs (Genesis 5:15) *
* Jared to Enoch ............ 162 yrs (Genesis 5:18) *
* Enoch to Methuselah ....... 65 yrs (Genesis 5:21) *
* Methuselah to Lamech ...... 187 yrs (Genesis 5:25) *
* Lamech to Noah ............ 182 yrs (Genesis 5:28-29) *
* Noah to the Flood ......... 600 yrs (Genesis 7:6) *
* Flood to Arphaxad ......... 2 yrs (Genesis 11:10) *
* Arphaxad to Salah ......... 35 yrs (Genesis 11:12) *
* Salah to Eber ............. 30 yrs (Genesis 11:14) *
* Eber to Peleg ............. 34 yrs (Genesis 11:16) *
* Peleg to Reu ............. 30 yrs (Genesis 11:18) *
* Reu to Serug ............. 32 yrs (Genesis 11:20) *
* Serug to Nahor ............ 30 yrs (Genesis 11:22) *
* Nahor to Terah ............ 29 yrs (Genesis 11:24) *
* Terah to Abraham .......... 70 yrs (Genesis 11:26) *
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* Adam to Abraham .......... 1948 yrs (This same geneology *
* is in Luke 3:34-38) *
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* Abraham to Isaac .......... 100 yrs (Genesis 21:5) *
* Isaac to Jacob ............ 60 yrs (Genesis 25:26) *
* Jacob to Egypt ............ 130 yrs (Genesis 47:28) *
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* Abraham to Egypt 290 yrs *
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* From Egypt to Exodus ........ X yrs *
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* ---- Jacob and his family went to Egypt *
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* Jacob went to Egypt (Genesis 46:8,11) *
* Levi went to Egypt (Jacob's son) (Genesis 46:8,11) *
* Kohath went to Egypt (Levi's son) (Genesis 46:8,11) *
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* Kohath had a son named Amram (Exodus 6:18) *
* Amram had a son named Moses (Exodus 6:20) *
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* ---- Moses to the Exodus ..... 80 yrs (Exodus 7:7, *
* Acts 7:21-23, 29-30)*
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* From Egypt to Exodus: X = (Kohath to Amram to Moses + 80) *
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* In Wilderness ................ 40 yrs (Numbers 32:13, *
* Deuteronomy 2:7, 29:5 *
* Wilderness to death Joshua ... 30 yrs (Joshua 14:7,10, 24:29)*
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* Exodus to death Joshua 70 yrs *
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* PERIOD OF THE JUDGES *
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* Under King Cushanrishathaim .. 8 yrs (Judges 3:8) *
* Under Othniel ................ 40 yrs (Judges 3:10-11) * * Under King Eglon ............. 18 yrs (Judges 3:14) *
* Under Ehud ................... 80 yrs (Judges 3:15,30) * * Under King Jabid ............. 20 yrs (Judges 4:1-3) * * Under Deborah ................ 40 yrs (Judges 4:4, 5:31) * * Under Midianites ............. 7 yrs (Judges 6:1) * * Under Gideon ................. 40 yrs (Judges 6:7, 8:22,28) * * Under Abimelech .............. 3 yrs (Judges 8:32-35, 9:22)* * Under Tola ................... 23 yrs (Judges 10:1-2) * * Under Jair ................... 22 yrs (Judges 10:3) *
* Under Ammonites .............. 18 yrs (Judges 10:5-8) *
* Under Jephthah ............... 6 yrs (Judges 12:7) *
* Under Ibzan .................. 7 yrs (Judges 12:8-9) *
* Under Elon ................... 10 yrs (Judges 12:11) *
* Under Abdon .................. 8 yrs (Judges 12:13-14) *
* Under Philistines ............ 40 yrs (Judges 13:1) *
* Under Samson ................. 20 yrs (Judges 13:24, 15:20, *
* 16:30-31) *
* Under Eli/Samuel ............. 40 yrs (I Samuel 4:15,18, *
* 7:15, 8:1,4-7,19-22, *
* 9:1-2) *
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* Judges to Samuel 450 yrs (Acts 13:20) *
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* THE KINGS OF JUDAH *
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* Under King Saul .............. 40 yrs (Acts 13:21) *
* Under King David ............. 40 yrs (I Chron 29:26-27) *
* Under King Solomon ........... 40 yrs (I Kings 11:42-43) *
* Under King Rehoboam .......... 17 yrs (I Kings 14:21) *
* Under King Abijam ............ 3 yrs (I Kings 14:31,15:1-2)*
* Under King Asa ............... 41 yrs (I Kings 15:8-10) *
* Under King Jehoshaphat ....... 25 yrs (I Kings 22:41-42,50) *
* Under King Jehoram ........... 8 yrs (II Chron 21:5) *
* Under King Ahaziah ........... 1 yr (II Chron. 22:1-2) *
* Under Queen Athaliah ......... 6 yrs (II Chron. 22:10-12) *
* Under King Joash ............. 40 yrs (II Chron. 23:13,15, *
* 24:1) *
* Under King Amaziah ........... 29 yrs (II Chron. 25:1) *
* Under Uzziah ................. 52 yrs (II Chron. 26:3) *
* Under Jotham ................. 16 yrs (II Chron. 27:1) *
* Under Ahaz ................... 16 yrs (II Chron. 28:1) *
* Under Hezekiah ............... 29 yrs (II Chron. 29:1) *
* Under Manasseh ............... 55 yrs (II Chron. 33:1) *
* Under Amon ................... 2 yrs (II Chron. 33:20-21) *
* Under King Josiah ............ 31 yrs (II Chron. 34:1) *
* Under King Jehoahaz .......... 3 mon (II Chron. 36:1-2) *
* Under King Jehoiakim ......... 11 yrs (II Chron. 36:3-7) *
* Under King Jehoiachin ........ 3 mon (II Chron. 36:9) *
* Under King Zedekiah .......... 11 yrs (II Chron. 36:11-21) *
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* KINGS OF JUDAH 513 yrs *
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* SUMMARY OF THE TIME FROM ADAM TO JESUS *
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* Adam to Abraham .................. 1948 yrs *
* Abraham to Egypt ................. 290 yrs *
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* From Egypt to Moses: (X) Let X = 63 63 yrs *
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* X = (Kohath to Amram to Moses) *
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* Moses to the Exodus .............. 80 yrs *
* Exodus to death Joshua ........... 70 yrs *
* Judges to Samuel ................. 450 yrs (Acts 13:20) *
* Kings of Judah ................... 513 yrs *
* Babylonian Captivity ............. 586 B.C.E. *
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* Adam to Jesus 4000 yrs *
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===> The Jews were taken captive to Babylon in three stages:- The first deportation took place in the 4th year of King Jehoiakim which was the 1st year of the reign of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon (Jeremiah 25:1, II Chronicles 36:5-7)
This event happened in ---> 605 B.C.E. - The second deportation took place in the 7th year of the reign of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon (Jeremiah 52:28) 3,023 people were taken to Babylon.In the 8th year of the reign of King Nebuchadnezzar, Jerusalem was besieged (II Kings 24:11) and 10,000 people were taken captive to Babylon (II Kings 24:14) along with King Jehoiachin. This is in II Kings 24:8-14. ---> 597 B.C.E
The city of Jerusalem was besieged until the 11th year of King Zedekiah's reign (II Kings 25:1-2).
- The third deportation occurred in the 19th year of the reign of King Nebuchadnezzar. This would have been in the 11th year of King Zedekiah's reign. Jerusalem and the Temple were destroyed at this time (II Kings 25:8-11). ---> 586 B.C.E
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* ===> God said the captivity in Babylon was for 70 years *
* (Jeremiah 25:1,11) *
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* The 70 years of exile were due to Israel not keeping *
* the sabbatical year for the land (II Chronicles 36:20-21,*
* Leviticus 25:1-4) *
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===> At the end of 70 years of captivity in Babylon, Cyrus, King of Persia , will defeat Babylon and allow the Jews to return to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple (Jeremiah 29:10, Daniel 9:2, II Chronicles 36:22-23, Ezra 1:1-3, 5:13-14).Cyrus made the decree in 538 B.C.E. The building of the temple will begin 2 years later (Ezra 3:8) in 536 B.C.E.
===> The Jews did not return to Israel as a corporate people after the 70 years of captivity which God required to fulfill the sabbath rest for the land. Only a remnant returned.
Those remnant of Jews who did return from the exile in Babylon did so in three stages:
- The first stage was under Cyrus, King of Persia. This is found in Ezra chapters 1-6. The leaders of Israel in this effort was Zerubbabel and Jeshua (Ezra 3:2). But they had difficulties (Ezra 4:3-5, 5:2). The temple was rebuilt after a period of time (Ezra 6:14-15). Herod enlarged and beautified this temple (John 2:18-20).From the first deportation to the beginning of rebuilding the temple was 70 years
(605 B.C.E. - 536 B.C.E)
The temple was destroyed in 586 B.C.E The temple was completed in the 6th year of the reign of Darius, King of Persia (Ezra 6:14-15). This would make the completion take place in 516 B.C.E. From the time the temple was destroyed, to the time the temple was rebuilt, was 70 years.
- The second stage of return from captivity is in Ezra 7. This happened in the 7th year of the reign of Artaxerxes, King of Persia (Ezra 7:1-7). This would be in 458 B.C.E As many as wished could go back from Babylon, based upon the decree of King Artaxerxes in Ezra 7:11-13. The number who returned were 1,758 (Ezra 8:1-20).
- The third stage of return from captivity is in the book of Nehemiah. The Jews began to come back in the 20th year of the reign of King Artaxerxes (Nehemiah 2:1). This would be in 444 B.C.E. Those people who returned are listed in Nehemiah 7. A decree given by King Artaxerxes to rebuild the temple in the 20th year is found in Nehemiah 2:1-8, 5:14.
===> From the commandment to restore and rebuild the temple (Nehemiah 2:1-8, 5:14) which is 444 B.C.E until the death of Yeshua/Jesus, would be 69 weeks or 483 years (Daniel 9:1-4, 20-27).
One week in Daniel's prophecy will equal 7 years of time. The word week in Hebrew is "shevua" (Strong's 7620) which means a period of 7. Daniel 9:24-27 is known as the prophecy of the 70 weeks of Daniel. The 70th week of Daniel is another name for the 7 year tribulation.
These 70 weeks are God's outline of time from 444 B.C.E. to the setting up and the establishment of the millennial reign of Yeshua/Jesus on the earth.The ending of the 69th week is when Daniel prophecied that Yeshua/Jesus would be crucified. Yeshua/Jesus called this "the day of thy visitation" in Luke 19:41-44.
----> God is exact and very detailed in communicating his Word to His people.
===> In the history of Israel, Israel will go into captivity 3 times and return from captivity 3 times.
- The captivity in Egypt and return to the land of Israel (Genesis 15:13, Exodus 12:41). This period of time was 430 years. Israel did not return to the land in faith but in unbelief (Numbers 13:1-3, 25-33, Hebrews 4:1-6, 9-12).
- The captivity in Babylon and return to the land of Israel (Jeremiah 25:11). Israel did not return to the land as God commanded. They returned in unbelief ---> only a remnant returned. The punishment of Israel and Judah for not obeying God and His Torah during the reigns of the Kings of Israel and Judah was 430 years of captivity. (Ezekiel 4:3-6 ---> Each day for a year [Ezekiel 4:6]).If Israel did not repent after being punished for sinning and disobeying the Torah, then the punishment would be multiplied by 7 (Leviticus 26:14-15, 18, 21, 24, 28).
- Worldwide captivity and return. The period of time for this worldwide captivity and return would be 360 X 7 = 2520 Biblical years. This period of time would end in 1948.
===> God is judging Israel according to the Torah given at Mt. Sinai. Because Israel was not obedient to the Torah, they were judged by God according to the Torah as specified by God in Deuteronomy 28 as their punishment for disobeying the Torah.
The blessings for obeying God's Torah are found in Deuteronomy 28:1-14. The punishments for disobeying God's Torah are given in Deuteronomy 28:15-67.
===> Just like the children of Israel, believers are also judged by God whenever we don't obey His Torah/Word in our lives.
1. After reviewing Biblical genealogy and chronology of events, approximately how many years were there from the creation of Adam to Yeshua/Jesus? 2. How many stages of deportation were there of the Jews to Babylon by King Nebuchadnezzar?
3. Spiritual speaking, what does Babylon represent? What is the spiritual picture which God is trying to teach us?
4. How many years did God say the captivity in Babylon would last?
5. What was God's reason for His people being taken captive to Babylon?
6. In how many stages did the people return from Babylon to Israel?
7. Did the majority of the people return to Israel from Babylon? What is the spiritual picture which God is trying to teach us?
8. What was the significance of Daniel's 70 weeks prophecy as it related to the captivity of Babylon and the coming of the Messiah?
9. How many weeks passed from the command to restore and rebuild the Temple to the death of Yeshua/Jesus?
10. When will the final week of Daniel's 70 week prophecy be fulfilled?
11. What was God's legal basis for allowing His people to go into worldwide captivity?
12. Are Christians living in a Babylonian based system in the world? Why?
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